I cannot believe that the 2012-2013 school year is coming to an end. It has been a great year at Hoover High School. We have probably worked harder this year than we have in a while, with new iPads and Common Core, but the energy, collaboration, and connectedness that I have felt this year has been amazing. I know that every one thinks that they have the best school around, but I would put Hoover High up against any school. Thank you to the faculty and staff for being the most caring, hard working, and knowledgeable educators I have ever worked with. YOU matter, what YOU do impacts the lives of our students, and the relationships that they have with YOU shape and mold them into outstanding young men and women. I am just glad that I get to witness the greatness of Hoover High on a daily basis. Have a great summer! You will be missed over the next few weeks at HHS!

This week is the last week of our Fun Fact Friday for the school year. Thank you for putting up with the craziness of Mrs. Hogan and I and thanks to all of those who were "featured" in episodes. We hope it was somewhat funny or at least entertaining and hopefully you learned a few things along the way! This week we gave Coach Niblett a hard time about not being able to find his parking spot. Enjoy!

It is the last Friday of the school year! Hope everyone has had a great week. It has been a little crazy her with seniors so today's Fun Fact Friday is my son/s remake to "All I Do is Win". I must tweet a little :)When he gets married I am going to home good material to share!

From the iPad of Mrs. Moncus...

Hi, everyone.  I promise this is worth your time.  J Really, this is as close to having a grader as a high school teacher!

The Business Department have been using QUIA ONLINE http://www.quia.com/subscription/ for many years now. I found this service when I was teaching in Dallas.   If you love Socrative and Gradecam, you’ll love Quia so much more! J

What we love about this service as a department is that we can create tests/quizzes in different versions by just clicking the “randomize question order” and “randomize answer choices” feature.  If we need to share a quiz, we just e-mail each other the URL. If you choose, you can add a password to all the tests and assign it at a certain time.  You can also choose to display one question at a time and the kids gets immediate feedback on each item.  You can also upload images and audio clips for each item. Next year, all our kids will have iPads and they can take their quizzes, tests, semester exams online and they are graded for you on the spot! You can also print a paper copy if you want or create an answer form online and give them a paper copy of the test!  Also, the scores are stored in your account (not e-mailed to you) and the students have access to all the tests and quizzes they’ve taken, great for study guides during semester exams. 

Nothing is perfect specially when using iPad. Yes, I said that!  The down side is that some of the activities requires Java and Flash and my kids said it won’t work.   

The subscription is $49/per teacher annually but we get a discount if more teachers signs up.

Here are some of the features:

• Create 16 types of games and learning activities:

o    Matching game o    Flashcards o    Concentration game o    Word search puzzle o    Battleship o    Challenge board o    Columns activity o    Hangman game

o    Jumbled words o    Ordered list activity o    Picture perfect activity o    Pop-ups o    Rags-to-riches game o    Scavenger hunt o    Cloze activity o    Patterns

• Create quizzes with 10 types of questions:

o    Multiple choice o    True-false o    Pop-up o    Multiple correct o    Fill-in o    Initial answer o    Short answer o    Essay o    Matching o    Ordering

• Create classes and track quiz results.
• Maintain an online schedule and calendar.
• Upload images and audio clips.
• Copy and modify any of Quia's three million activities to suit your own needs.
• Share your activities with students, friends, colleagues, anyone in the world!

So what do you all think?

Glenith

Glenith N. Moncus, EdS, NBCT

Finance Academy I

Business Technology Applications

From a Hoover Senior Parent...

I wanted to send a quick note to thank you for giving our children the opportunity to use the ipads this past year!  It has been absolutely wonderful for our children - especially Ashley who is a graduating senior.

She has used it constantly!  Yes, she uses it for social media and for Pinterest, but I cannot tell you how she has used it for her classes and her homework.  She takes notes with it during class, watches instruction on it at night, uses it as a tool to find out information that will help her in her studies and I cannot tell you how much she has learned to do on it!

She does not have a job and she is needing to buy a computer for college.

This past month, she has set up an account on e bay with her ipad and she has been selling items and making money to buy her own computer.  She has plans too to buy an ipad so she will have one to take to class and use like she has used this one.

I thank you for making this possible for our kids!  I am so proud to say that Ashley and her siblings are Hoover High Students!

Great feedback! 

Click here to vote for Mr. Fulmer!!!

http://tinyurl.com/marbury2013

From the iPad of Jennifer Hogan...

Here is a link to the  "Spring 2013 Exam Grade Goal-Setting Guide.pdf" in my Dropbox. This is a great resource for students to use as they plan for upcoming exams!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/kdza5hkppco78eq/Spring%202013%20Exam%20Grade%20Goal-Setting%20Guide.pdf

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From the iPad of Melody Greene....

Happy Friday! Hope that everyone has had a great week at HHS. I know it has been extremely busy, but we are almost at the finish line for the 2012-2013 school year!

This week's Fun Fact Friday features apps that you can use as you travel this summer and look for fun things to do around you! Have a great weekend!

From the iPad of Jennifer Hogan....

For Teacher Appreciation Week, 

iAnnotate is on sale this week for half-price (making it $4.99). Mark Conner is the resident guru if you are thinking of purchasing it and have any questions about it. 

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/iannotate-pdf/id363998953?mt=8